‘The 3rd is a nightmare... I’ve never made par’

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When the Open tees off tomorrow, our correspondent will be one of the interested observers on his home course. Here he reveals exclusively his experiences of Royal Liverpool and the pitfalls that may await the top pros

Michael Owen’s guide to Hoylake

GOLF is one of my great passions, although one which, thanks to my bad luck with injuries this year, I have not been able to indulge nearly as much as I would like.

My eight handicap is likely to suffer as I recuperate from my knee operations, but this year I did manage to get around Royal Liverpool, venue for the Open Championship and one of the courses that I like to play as often as I can. Dietmar Hamann, my former Liverpool team-mate, lives close by and you will see quite a few footballers